(Reuters) – Following are some facts on England captain Harry Kane, who joined Bayern Munich on Saturday in a deal reported to be worth 100 million euros, leaving his boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur after 19 years.
Born: July 28, 1993 in Walthamstow, London
EARLY CAREER
* Played for local club Ridgeway Rovers and joined Arsenal’s academy aged eight before being released after one season.
* Had a trial with Watford before joining Tottenham’s academy aged 11, where he has spent most of his senior career.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (2011-2023)
* Signed first professional contract with Spurs in 2010 and went on loan the following January to Leyton Orient where he made his Football League debut and scored five goals in 18 games.
* Made his senior debut at Tottenham in August 2011 in a Europa League qualifier before joining Millwall on loan for the second half of the season.
* Played his first Premier League game on the opening day of the 2012-13 season before loan spells at Norwich City and Leicester City.
* Made 19 appearances in the 2013-14 campaign, scoring in his first Premier League start in April 2014 against Sunderland.
* Shot to fame the following season, scoring 31 goals in all competitions, including 21 in the league. Won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award.
* Won back-to-back Premier League Golden Boots in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns. Scored 25 and 29 goals, respectively, leading Spurs to third place and a runners-up finish respectively.
* Surpassed Alan Shearer’s record of most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year (36) with a hat-trick against Southampton in December 2017, ending the year with 39 goals.
* Became Tottenham’s top scorer in the Premier League era in January 2018, netting twice against Everton to break Teddy Sheringham’s record of 97 league goals for the north Londoners.
* Ended the 2017-18 season with 30 league goals but was pipped by Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in the Golden Boot race.
* Managed 24 goals in all competitions the following season despite being hampered by two separate ankle injuries as Spurs reached the Champions League final, losing to Liverpool.
* Injury struggles continued in 2019-20 as he picked up a hamstring problem in January 2020, but finished with 24 goals in all competitions again in the COVID-delayed season.
* Won his third Golden Boot with a 23-goal campaign in 2020-21 before reportedly being linked with a move to Manchester City during the close season, but goals continued to flow in the following term as he netted 27 times in all competitions.
* Surpassed Jimmy Greaves as Spurs’ all-time top scorer in February 2023 with his 267th club goal in a 1-0 win over Manchester City.
* Finished the season by matching his best Premier League tally with 30 goals, which left him second on the all-time scoring list (213) behind Alan Shearer (260).
ENGLAND (2015-)
* Scored 79 seconds into his senior debut in May 2015, when he replaced Wayne Rooney in a European Championship qualifier against Lithuania.
* Was part of the team for Euro 2016, when England exited in the last 16 after defeat by Iceland.
* Captained England for the first time in June 2017 in a World Cup qualifier against Scotland and scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw.
* Appointed England captain for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he won the Golden Boot with six goals as England reached the semi-finals before finishing fourth.
* Led England to the Euro 2020 final, where they lost to Italy on penalties.
* Equalled Rooney’s all-time scoring record for England (53) during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, netting a penalty against France in the quarter-finals. But he missed a spot-kick later in the tie as England were knocked out in a 2-1 defeat.
* Surpassed Rooney’s record by netting his 54th England goal in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy in Match 2023. His current tally is 58 goals from 84 caps.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Ken Ferris)
